A man picked a fight in the Bayview on Monday and paid for it, police said. The man in his 50s challenged a 61-year-old man and ended up punched into unconsciousness in the 1600 block of Newcomb Avenue around 7:15 p.m. The man’s injuries were not life threatening, police said.The older man was arrested, police said.rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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The Municipal Transportation Agency and the San Francisco Police Department will meet with Tenderloin residents next week to address safety concerns at Muni bus stops in the neighborhood.
The meeting will focus on the bus shelter at Turk and Hyde streets, which has been the site of recent criminal activities in the community, according to the Tenderloin police station.
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A woman was kidnapped in San Francisco’s Mission district on Sunday and managed to escape her abductor in Potrero Hill, cops said. The 19-year-old victim was in the vicinity of 19th and Mission streets at around 1 a.m. when she was approached by a man, described by police as 25 years old, who threatened to shoot her and dragged her to a nearby brown van, police said.
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A man was pepper-sprayed and robbed of his camera on Saturday in the South of Market area, police said. The 20-year-old victim was walking around 5th and Mission streets around 10 p.m. when he bumped into one of three men, aged 18 to 25, cops said. One of the three pepper-sprayed the man, another punched him in the face and the third thug took the camera from the victim’s hand. The three thugs fled the scene. No arrest has been made.rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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Kenneth Harding, the 19-year-old killed by San Francisco police in a shootout Saturday, was a convicted pimp accused of having a 13-year-old girl perform oral sex on him and later demanding the teen make him “ho’ money” in Seattle, court documents show.
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A woman armed with a gun robbed a credit union near San Francisco’s Stonestown Galleria Mall on Friday afternoon, police said.The robbery was reported around 12:25 p.m. Friday at the SF Fire Credit Union at 565 Buckingham Way.The suspect, described as a woman in her 30s, entered the bank and handed a teller a note. The teller noticed the woman had a revolver in her right hand, according to police.
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A pizza deliveryman was robbed and carjacked while dropping off a pie near Potrero Hill on Sunday, police said.The 45-year-old victim told cops he was delivering to an address in the 900 block of Florida Street at around 3:40 a.m. when three thugs attacked him.
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A single punch on Fisherman’s Wharf had a man fighting for his life on Saturday, police said.The 43-year-old victim fell and hit his head after being punched during a brawl in the unit block of Jefferson Street around 4 p.m.He was transported to San Francisco General Hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said. His condition was not immediately known Monday.Responding cops arrested the 31-year-old man who allegedly threw the punch, police said.
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A likely parolee from out of state was fatally shot by Bayview police officers Saturday afternoon after firing a gun at them while fleeing detainment for evading a Muni fare, police Chief Greg Suhr said Sunday.The 19-year-old man -- who has not yet been publicly identified by police or the medical examiner’s office -- was detained by two officers at about 4:45 p.m. on the Muni platform at Third Street and Oakdale Avenue.
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The San Francisco Arts Commission unveiled the first restoration of its ArtCare initiative this morning outside of The City’s Hall of Justice building.Located at the corner of Seventh and Bryant streets, the 30-foot sculpture titled “Hall of Justice” by late San Francisco artist Peter Voulkos had “aged and weathered its fair share of vandalism,” said Interim Arts Director JD Beltran.
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